Senior Gameplay Programmer

5 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Game Programmer

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Gameplay Programmer, you will contribute to the code of popular mobile games like Cooking Fever, Pocket Styler, and Airplane Chefs. You'll be responsible for developing, optimizing, and refactoring game code, collaborating with other team members, sharing your expertise, and designing game architecture. You'll work on games played by millions worldwide, learning new things, testing original ideas, and growing professionally. Your work will have a direct impact on player experience and satisfaction.
Must have:
  • Commercial software or game development experience
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Typescript
  • Experience in game development with Unity engine and C#
  • Knowledge of Visual Studio and its debugging tools
  • Experience with Android and/or iOS
  • Grasp of KISS, DRY, YAGNI principles
  • Exceptional math and geometry skills
  • Knowledge of 3D programming
  • Proficiency in optimizations
  • Knowledge of Jira, Git, etc.
  • Familiarity with databases (MongoDb, Redis)
  • Experience with shading and rendering pipelines
  • Proficiency in networking
  • Understanding of physics and ability to implement physics in code
  • Curiosity and desire to improve games
  • Good English language skills
Good to have:
  • Passion for video games
  • Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, Objective-C
  • Knowledge of ECS/DOTS

Job Details

As a member of the Development Team, you will contribute to the code of world-class games like Cooking Fever, Pocket Styler, Airplane Chefs, and new games currently in development. Your work will make an impact on the experience of millions of players around the world. You will learn new things, test original ideas, collaborate with many different professionals, and embrace your own growth and development. Your friends will be proud of you, knowing, that you were the hero behind those games!

Your Key Responsibilities:
  • Developing and improving high-quality code in games that thousands of people play daily;
  • Optimizing and refactoring the code;
  • Collaborating with other team members (other programmers, game designers, artists, QA);
  • Teaching others and sharing your expertise and knowledge;
  • Designing game and game development tool architecture and supervising implementation.
A Successful Candidate Must Have:
  • Experience in commercial software or game development;
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Typescript;
  • Experience in game development with Unity engine and C#;
  • Great knowledge of Visual Studio and its debugging tools;
  • Experience with Android and/or  iOS;
  • Grasp of KISS, DRY, YAGNI principles;
  • Exceptional skills in math and geometry;
  • Knowledge of 3D programming;
  • Proficiency in optimizations;
  • Knowledge of the principles of work via Jira, Git, etc.;
  • Familiarity with databases (MongoDb, Redis);
  • Experience with shading and rendering pipelines;
  • Proficiency in networking;
  • Understanding of physics and ability to implement physics in code;
  • Curiosity – desire to understand how the games are built and improve them;
  • Good English language skills.
Extra Great to Have:
  • Passion for video games;
  • Knowledge of at least one of the programming languages – Java, JavaScript, Objective-C;
  • Knowledge of ECS/DOTS.

Salary: From 3000 EUR/month (gross)

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About The Company

Nordcurrent is a developer and publisher of casual games for smartphones, tablets, and PC/Mac, established in 2002 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Headquartered in Vilnius, Nordcurrent also has development studios in Odesa, Dnipro (Ukraine) and Warsaw (Poland).


During the last 20 years, Nordcurrent has developed more than 50 games for various platforms. The studio’s biggest hit so far is Cooking Fever – a time-management game where players can cook meals and desserts from all over the world. The game has almost 400 million downloads and 15 million monthly active users.


Other recent Nordcurrent games include the multiplayer mobile shooter Sniper Arena and the interactive crime novel Murder in the Alps, time-management game in the sky - Airplane Chefs, game for setting fashion trends - Pocket Styler. And newest hit where the health is wealth - Happy Clinic game! Currently, the company has more than a dozen new titles in development.

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